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uniform, and ordered the guards to be turned out, a compliment
I was unable to
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my esteemed friend, the late Puisne Judge, whose ordinary official standing was of course higher. These inversions of customary precedence do not conduce to
the dignity of the Queen's Representative, or
of the officer Commanding Her Majesty's Troops. I believe my opinion on this point is shared
by the Judges of the Supreme Court, and
by the general society of the Colony. With regard to the reasons
upon which Sir George Bowen based his recommendation that
the Officer Commanding the Troops should be re-admitted to
the Legislative Council, I may point out that, according to the
Census of 1881, about two-thirds of the English residents
of Hong Kong belong to the Garrison, or are persons dependent on it. These may
be said at present to be unrepresented